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Daimler Car Hire Garage

Coordinates: 51°31′25″N 0°07′33″W / 51.5236°N 0.1257°W / 51.5236; -0.1257
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Former Daimler Car Hire Garage, Bloomsbury

The Daimler Car Hire Garage,[note 1] a garage built for Daimler Hire Limited which later became the Frames Coach Station, in Herbrand Street, Bloomsbury, London, England was grade II listed by Historic England in 1982.[1]

History

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The building was completed in 1931 for Daimler Hire Limited in the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne styles to a design by the architects Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.[2][3][4]

Notes

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  1. ^ This name has been used informally for the building, but Heritage England records it as "FRAMES COACH STATION AND LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN CAR PARK"

References

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  1. ^ Historic England (9 March 1982). "FRAMES COACH STATION AND LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN CAR PARK (1378855)". National Heritage List for England.
  2. ^ Curl, James Stevens (2006). A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 832. ISBN 0-19-860678-8.
  3. ^ Sutcliffe, Anthony (2006). London: An Architectural History. Yale University Press. p. 174. ISBN 0-300-11006-5.
  4. ^ "The Chronicle of the Car", H. Thornton Rutter, Illustrated London News, 1 August 1931, p. 200.
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